Clinical Chats: a Podcast for Sexual and Reproductive Health Professionals

The NCTCFP sits down with Dr. Hilary Reno from Washington University School of Medicine to discuss STIs, PID, and infertility in recognition of Infertility Awareness Month and STI Awareness Week. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HH...

The NCTCFP sits down with Sharon Hesseltine, the president and CEO of Intentional Beginnings Consulting and Training, a small nonprofit with the mission of strengthening organizations and individuals serving those who experience substance use disorders and trauma.  In addition to her professional work, Sharon is in long-term recovery from SUD, and provides her perspective as a patient. This podcas...

The NCTCFP speaks to Dr. Karen Florio about the intersection of maternal health and cardiovascular disease, how pregnancy can affect heart health and vice versa, and ways family planning clinicians can address these issues in their own practices. Karen Florio, DO, MPH is a board-certified maternal and fetal medicine specialist in the Kansas City area.  In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Flo...

The NCTCFP speaks with Liz Miller, MD, PhD from the University of Pittsburgh about teen dating violence and how family planning clinicians can address it in their practices. Dr. Liz Miller is professor of pediatrics, public health, and clinical and translational science and holds the Edmund R. McCluskey Chair in Pediatric Medical Education at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Traine...

As part of the January 2022 Clinician Café on providing family planning care to patients with disabilities, the NCTCFP sits down with Erica Monasterio, MN, FNP-BC to discuss the challenges of providing care specifically to adolescents with disabilities.  This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the author...

The NCTCFP speaks with Jessica Swafford Marcella, MPA, the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Population Affairs and Director of the Office of Adolescent Health, to discuss the new Title X Final Rule, which goes into effect on November 8th, 2021, including changes to options counseling and telehealth services. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affai...

The NCTCFP sits down again with two of their first interviewees, Raissa Ameh and Evelyn Kieltyka, to discuss how COVID-19 has continued to shape their clinic networks and what they've learned over the past year and a half in delivering Title X and other family planning services. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the res...

As part of the July 2021 Clinician Café, PCOS Across the Lifespan, the NCTCFP talks with Dr. Angie Golden about PCOS and its intersections with obesity and metabolic syndrome, including ways clinicians can help patients address these conditions. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do...

As part of July 2021's Clinician Café on PCOS across the lifespan, the NCTCFP speaks with Dr. Anita Nelson about the current state of PCOS, including condition prevalence and emerging data around different PCOS phenotypes. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represe...

The NCTCFP discusses their new, virtual, multi-modal learning platform, the Clinician Café, including how to sign up and what topics are covered. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HHS, OASH, or OPA. A transcript is available at: htt...

As part of the May 2021 Clinician Cafe, the NCTCFP discusses how hypertension can affect reproductive health with Dr. Karen Florio, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist from Kansas City, Missouri. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of H...

As part of the May 2021 Clinician Cafe, the NCTCFP talks about the prevalence and disparities around hypertension in women in the US with Dr. Annabelle Santos Volgman from the Rush Heart Center in Chicago, Illinois. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the...

The 14th episode in the ongoing Coding with Ann series, the NCTCFP talks with Ann Finn, of Ann Finn Consulting, about the E/M coding changes that went into effect in 2021. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HHS, OASH, or OPA. A trans...

The NCTCFP talks with Dr. Maithe Enriquez, from the Research College of Nursing and Infectious Disease Associates of Kansas City, about long-covid, or post-acute-covid syndrome, and how family planning providers can recognize cases and counsel their patients.  This is a part of the NCTCFP's ongoing series of podcasts about COVID-19. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office...

The NCTCFP speaks with Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, an infectious disease physician from St. Louis, about racial and geographic disparities that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how family planning providers can help address those disparities in their own practices. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the resp...

The NCTCFP sits down with Dr. Hilary Reno, Assistant Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in Infectious Diseases in St. Louis, to discuss the treatment guidelines for gonorrhea released by the CDC in an MMWR in December 2020. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not...

The NCTCFP speaks with Coleen Jones and Rachel Guy about the new ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines, how they differ from previous guidelines, and their experiences in implementing them in their clinical practice. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily re...

In continuing their series of podcasts about providing family planning care during COVID-19, the NCTCFP speaks to Dr. Nisha Verma from Emory University in Atlanta, GA about providing preconception and interconception care and counseling during the COVID-19 pandemic. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility o...

Starting in 2021, the NCTCFP will be debuting new learning modality called Clinician Cafes!  Each Clinician Café will combine peer-reviewed scholarship, online products, and the chance to consult experts, both via Zoom and asynchronous online chat, about the latest topics in Title X and family planning care.  Our first Clinician Cafe will be open from January 25th through January 29th, and feature...

The NCTCFP speaks with Dr. Mishka Terplan, MD, MPH, from the Friends Research Institute, about substance use disorder, medications for opioid use disorder, and the importance of family planning clinicians incorporating SUD screening and referrals in their services.   This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility...

Episode 13 of the NCTCFP's popular and ongoing series, Coding with Ann, with Ann Finn of Ann Finn Consulting, LLC.  Ann discusses codes to use when seeing a patient and billing for PEP, or post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention.  This podcast is meant as an accompaniment to the NCTCFP's Introduction to Billing and Coding for PrEP Virtual Coffee Break, which can be found here: https://www.ctc...

The Family Planning Files discusses recent advisories around hormonal contraceptive use and hypercoagulability during COVID-19 with Dr. Antoinette Nguyen from Emory University School of Medicine. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HH...

The NCTCFP speaks with Dr. Ina Park, from UCSF School of Medicine, about the CDC recommended testing and treatment guidelines for syphilis infections in all stages. The third of a three-part series. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of...

The NCTCFP speaks with Dr. Ina Park, from UCSF School of Medicine, about the signs and symptoms of syphilis in all stages of infection, and how they can aid clinicians in staging and diagnosis.  The second of a three-part series.   This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessaril...

The NCTCFP speaks with Dr. Ina Park, from UCSF School of Medicine, about current rates of syphilis in the US, including congenital and neurosyphilis.  The first of a three-part series. This podcast series is funded by an award from the US DHHS Office of Population Affairs. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HHS, OASH, or...